Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism

State Energy Office -- DBEDT has garnered a top financial industry award for its successful effort to raise $150 million in the bond market to support the new Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program.

In its fourth quarter 2014 statistics and economic report, DBEDT kept Hawaii economic growth unchanged from its previous quarter forecast.

State Energy Office -- The Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Wednesday announced the details of an upcoming offering of approximately $150 million of bonds to support the department’s Green Energy Market Securitization program.

State Energy Office -- The Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism welcomed the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission’s approval of DBEDT’s innovative Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program.

State Energy Office -- Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today signed a Memorandum of Understanding, reaffirming their commitment to the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, a long-term partnership to increase energy efficiencies and maximize the use the use of Hawaii’s abundant renewable energy resources.

State Energy Office -- The Public Utilities Commission has approved the State of Hawaii to issue up to $150 million in bonds to provide low-cost capital for a proposed loan program that would expand access to solar photovoltaic systems and other clean energy improvements for Hawaii consumers.

State Energy Office -- Hawaii was recognized for the third consecutive year by the Energy Services Coalition as the nation’s leader for per capita investment in energy performance contracting (EPC).

In its third quarter 2014 statistics and economic report, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) revised Hawaii economic growth upward due primarily to the prevailing low inflation rate.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released the 2013 edition of the State of Hawaii Data Book. The resource is available on the DBEDT website at dbedt.hawaii.gov/economic/databook.

DBEDT will be conducting a Consumer Expenditure Survey that will be mailed to randomly selected Honolulu households this month.